Bibliography

William Hall Burnett – known published works
[Source WCB] means material passed to me by my father, William Culf Burnett

BL XXX Blackburn Library – material identified by Roger Smalley

1885 Broad Yorkshire being poems and sketches from the writings of Castillo, Mrs G M Tweddell, Reed, Brown, Lewis and others  Edited by W H Burnett. Hamilton Adams & Co, London and W H Burnett, Royal Exchange, Middlesbrough (1885)
1886 Burnett, William Hall, Old Cleveland, being a collection of papers compiled and written by W. H. Burnett. Local writers and local worthies. Section I-complete,  London : Hamilton, Adams & Co.; Middlesbrough : W. H. Burnett, 1886. [Facsimile version published by the British Library in the General Historical Collections Series. purchased copy, Nov 2012]
1886

1st edition 1877

Burnett, William Hall, Broad Yorkshire, being poems and sketches from the writings of Castillo, Mrs. G. M. Tweddell, Reed, Brown, Lewis and others. Second edition. Edited by W. H. Burnett. Hamilton, Adams & Co.: London; W. H. Burnett: Middlesborough, 1885 – has signature of C V Burnett, son of WHB [Source WCB]
1888 Burnett, William Hall, Sunlight in the slums; or, A day with Mrs Lewis : being an account of temperance work in the back alleys and courts of Blackburn Manchester : John Heywood Blackburn : Printed at 17 King William Street and to be had of all local newsagents, 1888. [Not available except at British Library]
1889 Burnett, William Hall, Holiday rambles by road and field path, principally near the River Ribble, Blackburn : “Express” Office, Church Street, Manchester: John Heywood, Deansgate and Ridgefield and to be had of all local newsagents 1889 – has dedication “To Mrs Bradshaw with ardent love from the author, ??? 189? ] [Source WCB]
*1889 The Blackburn and East Lancashire Infirmary 32pages J. Douglas BL Q12 INF  1868
*1890 A brief history of the “Express” Fund. Blackburn Weekly Express Xerographic copy  BL M31 QUARTO PHAMPHLET  23986
1891 Jackson, Edmund Haughton, The true story of the Clitheroe Abduction; or, why I ran away with my wife … Edited by W. H. Burnett. Blackburn : North-East Lancashire Printing & Publishing Co., 1891[Not available except at British Library]
*1892 Burnett, William Hall The Church of England in relation to modern intellect:lecture to St Peter’s Young Men’s Association, March 8, 1892 BL  J2  23142
*1896 Burnett, William Hall, The Church and the Press;being a paper read at the Rural Decanal conference held in St Pauls church, Blackburn on Monday, April 13th, 1896  Blackburn Denham   BL    6237
1902 Burnett, William Hall, An Address on the Art of Public Speaking, Shackerley Phamplets II, Blackburn : R. Denham & Co, 1902 (500 copies only – address of author, Shackerley, Mellor, Blackburn) [Source WCB]
1902 Burnett, William Hall, An Open Letter to the Rev Fred Hibbert on Coercive Teetotalism, Blackburn: Published for the author, 1902 (1000 copies only – address of author, Shackerley, Mellor, Blackburn [from WCB]
1903 Burnett, William Hall, Our Fiscal Policy: being the substance, with additions, of Two Addresses, Shackerley Phamplets III, Blackburn : R. Denham & Co. King William Street, 1903 (1000 copies only-address of author, Shackerley, Mellor, Blackburn) [Source WCB]
1905? Burnett, William Hall, Open Letters to a Prohibitionist Pastor by a Moderate Man,  The “C.B.” Library No 1, 1906, 35 Great George Street, Westminster, SW 1906 [Source WCB]
1906 Burnett, William Hall, Blackburn Parish Church: an historical sketch, with personal reminiscences, written in part at the request of the late Right Rev. Bishop Cramer-Roberts, D.D., and with the sanction of the present vicar, the Right Rev. Bishop Thornton, D.D. Blackburn : R. Denham & Co. : J. & G. Toulmin, 1906 [purchased copy, Nov 2012]
1906 Burnett, William Hall, The Aims of the United Kingdom Alliance – Are they practical?  The “C.B.” Library No 2, 1906, 35 Great George Street, Westminster, SW 1906 – on cover, “Private Copy”, [Source WCB]
1907 Burnett, William Hall, A few Specimen Poems and Aphorisms, Blackburn: R Denham and Co, Southport: Shackerley Literary Agency 1907 – has dedication to “To dear Cecil” [Source WCB]
*1908 Burnett, William Hall A local bibliography 12pages Xerox copy of five articles in the Blackburn Times Nov 1908 A 03 QUARTO PHAMPHLET  15821
  Burnett, William Hall, Plain grey-black notebook, 22×14.5 cm, inside title page, ‘James Sharples, Blacksmith Artist’ with portrait. Contents pasted columns of newsprint, starting  James Sharples: Artist, Engraver, Blacksmith, Philosopher. [Source WCB]
  Burnett, William Hall, Plain grey-black notebook,19.5×13 cm, inside title page, Ariel’s visit to Ruskin-Land with picture of Brantwood and portrait of John Ruskin, Contents pasted columns of newsprint and Notes inside front and back covers in WHB’s handwriting. [Source WCB]
  Burnett, William Hall, Mottled brown notebook, 20.5×15.5 cm, inside front cover, Modern Blackburn I, Contents pasted columns of newsprint, Notes on Modern Blackburn, by W.H. Burnett and Notes on Modern Blackburn, A Local Bibliography II, by W.H.Burnett – Authors omissions and corrections in handwriting. [Source WCB]